Patents by Inventor Aisaku Satomura

Aisaku Satomura has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9863510
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder with a sleeve fitting hole, and a sleeve press-fitted therein. A rod has its bottom end slidable in the sleeve. A return spring is mounted between a spring seat at an upper portion of the rod and a bottom surface of the cylinder. An oil passage, with a check valve, is formed between the fitting surfaces of the sleeve fitting hole and the sleeve and communicates the pressure chamber with the reservoir chamber. The rod has a valve fitting hole open to its bottom surface, and an oil passage communicating the valve fitting hole with the reservoir chamber. A relief valve, mounted in the valve fitting hole, includes a valve seat with a valve hole having an orifice for restricting the flow rate of oil released from the pressure chamber into the reservoir chamber through the oil passage when the relief valve opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Aisaku Satomura, Tadahisa Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9810297
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner for an engine accessory is provided where a sleeve fit-in hole is formed at an upper surface of a bottom portion of a cylinder accommodating a hydraulic oil, a lower end portion of a sleeve is press-fitted in the sleeve fit-in hole, and a lower end portion of a rod is slidably inserted in the sleeve to define a pressure chamber inside the sleeve. A lower end face of the sleeve is in abutment with a divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole to trap burrs produced when the lower end portion of the sleeve is press-fitted into the sleeve fit-in hole between the divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole and the lower end face of the sleeve, so that burrs are prevented from mixing into the hydraulic oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitano, Tsuyoshi Fukahori, Aisaku Satomura, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Patent number: 9423009
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder with a sleeve fitting hole, and a sleeve press-fitted therein. A rod has its bottom end slidable in the sleeve. A return spring is mounted between a spring seat at an upper portion of the rod and a bottom surface of the cylinder. An oil passage, with a check valve, is formed between the fitting surfaces of the sleeve fitting hole and the sleeve and communicates the pressure chamber with the reservoir chamber. The rod has a valve fitting hole open to its bottom surface, and an oil passage communicating the valve fitting hole with the reservoir chamber. A relief valve, mounted in the valve fitting hole, includes a valve seat with a valve hole having an orifice for restricting the flow rate of oil released from the pressure chamber into the reservoir chamber through the oil passage when the relief valve opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aisaku Satomura, Tadahisa Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20160230852
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder with a sleeve fitting hole, and a sleeve press-fitted therein. A rod has its bottom end slidable in the sleeve. A return spring is mounted between a spring seat at an upper portion of the rod and a bottom surface of the cylinder. An oil passage, with a check valve, is formed between the fitting surfaces of the sleeve fitting hole and the sleeve and communicates the pressure chamber with the reservoir chamber. The rod has a valve fitting hole open to its bottom surface, and an oil passage communicating the valve fitting hole with the reservoir chamber. A relief valve, mounted in the valve fitting hole, includes a valve seat with a valve hole having an orifice for restricting the flow rate of oil released from the pressure chamber into the reservoir chamber through the oil passage when the relief valve opens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Aisaku SATOMURA, Tadahisa TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20150252878
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner for an engine accessory is provided where a sleeve fit-in hole is formed at an upper surface of a bottom portion of a cylinder accommodating a hydraulic oil, a lower end portion of a sleeve is press-fitted in the sleeve fit-in hole, and a lower end portion of a rod is slidably inserted in the sleeve to define a pressure chamber inside the sleeve. A lower end face of the sleeve is in abutment with a divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole to trap burrs produced when the lower end portion of the sleeve is press-fitted into the sleeve fit-in hole between the divided bottom surface of the sleeve fit-in hole and the lower end face of the sleeve, so that burrs are prevented from mixing into the hydraulic oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi Kitano, Tsuyoshi Fukahori, Aisaku Satomura, Masayoshi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20140057748
    Abstract: A hydraulic auto-tensioner includes a cylinder with a sleeve fitting hole, and a sleeve press-fitted therein. A rod has its bottom end slidable in the sleeve. A return spring is mounted between a spring seat at an upper portion of the rod and a bottom surface of the cylinder. An oil passage, with a check valve, is formed between the fitting surfaces of the sleeve fitting hole and the sleeve and communicates the pressure chamber with the reservoir chamber. The rod has a valve fitting hole open to its bottom surface, and an oil passage communicating the valve fitting hole with the reservoir chamber. A relief valve, mounted in the valve fitting hole, includes a valve seat with a valve hole having an orifice for restricting the flow rate of oil released from the pressure chamber into the reservoir chamber through the oil passage when the relief valve opens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Aisaku Satomura, Tadahisa Tanaka